Door-hanger.



A. W. WAGNER.

DOOR HANGER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 191's.

1,202,927. Patented Oct. 81,1916.

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DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, I916.

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ALBERT WAGNER, 0F [DEERE HAUTE, INDIANA.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 31, 1916.

Application filed April 3, 1916. Serial No. 88,509.

while including an eiiicient water-shed for protecting the truck and upper part of the door as well as the space between the latter and the truck from the admissionofmoisture', will, nevertheless, permit of very considerablelateralmovement or swing of the door-a feature of considerable importance in structures of this kind.

Other objects of minor importance concerning the invention will hereinafter "appear, and the"novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Referring to thedrawings: Figure 1' is a fragmentary View in front elevation of a door-hanger embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in perspective of my improved water-shed; Fig. 3 is a ver tical transverse sectional view of Fig. 1, the door being shown as swungoutward; and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 8, with parts broken away and the door shown in its normal or verticalposition; Fig. 5 isa view similar to Fig; 1, but illustrating a modified construction; Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 1, but illustrating asecond modified construction; Fig.7 is a vertical sectional view ofFigg5; and Fig. 8 is a similar view, with parts broken away, of Fig. 6.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The housing for the accommodation of the truck, as will hereinafter appear, may be conveniently formed by suitable dies, and may be said to comprisethree parts, namely: the up er attaching-flange 1, the intermediate housing 2, and the lower track 3,;these parts preferably all being formed in one integral piece. The housing 2 may be of any desired shape in cross-section that is best designed to receive and protect the truck 4, which latter, it will be understood, may be of any well known conventional design and eonstrueticn but in any event comprising the appear, performs an important the operation of the devlce.

usual wheels 5, and goose-neck hanger 6, the latter being bolted to the door 7, as at 8, for which purpose the goose-neck hanger may terminate in a securing-plate 9. The upper wall of the housing is vertically disposed to form the attachingfiange 1, heretofore mentioned, and the lower edge of the housing is bent inwardly and upwardly, as at 10, to a point above its lower edge, after which it may be recurved upon itself in the arc of a circle coincident with the grooves of the wheels 5, thereby constituting a track-rail '11, cylindrical in cross-section and adapted to support the truck. This track, it will be observed, being only partly cylindrical in cross-section, produces at its front but in rear of the lower edge of the housing2, an elongated longitudinally disposed opening or slot 12, the lower edge of which forms a stop-shoulder 18, which, as will hereinafter function in 15 designates the water-shed, the same be ing preferably bent as shown, and formed conveniently of sheet-metal. At the upper edge of the shed a cylindrical longitudinally disposed rib 16, is formed, and such rib is made of a diameter as to adapt it to be in serted endwise within the'tubular track :3,

in which-position the shed will project through the slot or openingl2 and beyond the same to form a cover or water-shed depending in frontof the'usual space necessarily occurring between the upper edge of the door and the housing and prevent the admission of molsture.

' It will be seen that as a matter of fact tion to the door asto support the watershed in an inclined position out of contact with'the door. 'In this manner chafing between the door and the water-shed during the sliding of thedoor is avoided. As the door is swung outfor any purpose, the watershed likewise swings to accommodate this movement of the door, and even in such position, performs its useful and intended function of a water-shed.

l in the drawings l have merely illustrated and described some of the preferred forms of my invention, but I desire to be understood as not limiting the invention to the details herein. I'Ieretofore, water-sheds have been provided in structures of this nature, but, as far as my knowledge extends, they have merely been rigid continuations of the housing, so that the swinging movement, so desirable, has been possible only to a very limited extent. By my invention, however, the door may be swung as far as is ever necessary for any purpose whatever, the water-shed described readily accommodating itself to such movement. The watershed may be of any shape desiredin crosssection found best adapted for the purpose of successfully shedding water in any of its positions, and it may be connected to the housing in any desired manner that will permit of it swinging with the door. Where the hanger is employed indoors, no watershed is necessary, and, of course, may be omitted.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, it will be seen that I have somewhat varied the v construction or manner of supporting the water-shed by utilizing auxiliary devices for this purpose. In theconstructions illus trated in these last mentioned. figuresaa se ries of supporting-strips 17 and 17 areemployed. These strips are similar at. their lower ends in both constructions, in that they are disposed under and slightly inirear of the lower curved edges of the-housings, as indicated at 18, at which points they are preferably riveted to the housingsas at 20, and beyond which they are bent or curved, as at 19, so as to form one member of a hinge-like joint for supporting in a movable manner the water-shed 15, as heretofore described. In Fig. 7 the supporting-strips 17 are extended above the housing proper, ter

minating at points opposite the attachingflange 1. This flange as well as the strips 17, are provided with openings, and through each pair of such openings is passed alagscrew 21, the threaded end of which enters thewall of the building. These lag-screws, in this construction, take the place of the usually employed attaching-screws for the purpose of supporting the door-hanger in its working position, and in addition to this function, it will be seen that by feeding the screws farther in the wall of the building, the strips 17 will act as levers for drawing thelower edge of the housing outward. Of course a reverse movement of-the lag-screws will have a reverse effect upon the. housing. In this manner the housing may bejgiven proper adjustment with relation to the building. In Fig. 6 theeonstruction is the same as I have described, with the exceptionthat the strips 17 a are not extended to form levers but terminate above the lower edge ofthe housing, at which points they are riveted, as at :20. In both of these constructions it is preferable that the gooseneck 6 be made adjustable, that is to say, formed of two sections 6 and 6 pivoted together as at 6. With the goose-necks thus formed the wheels of the truck may always remain stationary, and yet, at the same time, the door 7 may be swung outward. It will be seen that, in either construction, a water-shed hinged either directly or indirectly to the lower edge of the housing will not interfere with .thev swinging of the door.

lVhile it is highly probable that inany instance where awater-shed is desirable,tan eflicient housing is likewise desirable," yet there may be instances wherethe housing is not necessaryowing to the fact thatithe track is supported within the door-way and protected to some extent thereby, and yet the water-shed might be useful at a lower point in the structure, for the purpose of covering the opening between the track and the'upper edge of the suspended door. I do not, therefore, wish to be understood as limiting the application of. my flexible water-shed to a; housing in which the track is formed as a part or independent thereof,

for the housing may be entirelyomitted and v V the watershed suspended in any flexible,

manner; either fromthe track or any other suitable support.

I-Iaving described my invention, what;I claim, is: I 7

v 1. Ina door-hanger, the combination with a housing provided with attaching-means and an inclosed track, atruck movable on the track,.and;a door suspended from the truck, of a water-shed swingingly supported from the housing below the track and depending in front of the door. I

2. Ina door hanger, the combination with I a housing provided adjacent itslower edge with a tubular track, of a water-shed-hav- 1 ing its upper edge bent to engage said traclz and loosely swing therefrom. r

3. In a door-hanger, the combinationwith a housing prov ded ad acent itslower-edge with a tubular track, of a-water-shed having its upper edge bent to engage. said track and loosely swing therefrom, and means for limiting the swinging movements of the watershed. V

l. Ina door hanger, the combination with a housing having its lower edge provided upper; edge bent. to form the tubular, rib

with a-tubular track having a reduced fopen- Oopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the neeted with the track and extending through the opening therein and depending in front of said door.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification in the presence of two subsc-ribig Witnesses.

ALBERT W. WAGNER.

In the presence of- W. S. DUVALL, E. ELLIS.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

